{"id":14471,"date":"2012-06-02T00:10:20","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T05:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=14471"},"modified":"2012-06-02T00:10:20","modified_gmt":"2012-06-02T05:10:20","slug":"texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-for-june-1st-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/06\/02\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-for-june-1st-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup for June 1st"},"content":{"rendered":"

Call For 2012 Race Promoters<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\ntexascx.com
\nSand. Technical features. Demanding terrain.
\nQuick results. Toilet paper.
\nHeckling. Beer!<\/p>\n

Quality experiences bring racers to the battle, and unless you were living in a cave, you likely read the whole story in the Texas CX 2011 Rider Survey. Racers have serious expectations, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to get it on.<\/p>\n

“Promoter gets to be a TSA member for the day.” Glamor shot jacked from Bikesport Challenge Facebook (click image to like the race page).<\/p>\n

Submit your cyclocross race proposal before June 15th, 2012<\/p>\n

The promoters in Texas deserve a solid high-five for all they do. Super slim margins (if not losses) and municipal headaches rank up near the top. So does pressure from racers, TXBRA and…<\/p>\n

@Texas4000\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0via Twitter<\/strong><\/span>
\nOur riders start the journey tomorrow! 70 days. 4,600 miles. 2 wheels. 1 fight.<\/p>\n

@SchwartzJN\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0via Twitter<\/strong><\/span>
\nDay 0 Ride Dedication<\/strong><\/a>. @Texas4000 have a safe, fun and meaningful summer!
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Austin getting more protected bike lanes<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nAustin Business Journal by Vicky Garza, Staff Writer
\nCity officials have teamed up with a national bicycling nonprofit to develop and install protected bike lanes in Austin.<\/p>\n

Austin is one of six cities selected by Bikes Belong for its Green Lane Project initiative.<\/p>\n

Green lanes protect bicyclists on roadways with the use of curbs, planters, posts or parked cars and are engineered with a focus…<\/p>\n

@horseybike\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0via Twitter<\/strong><\/span>
\nHeaded to Big Cedar in DFW tomorrow. Cameron Park rocks, but I’m very excited to get out on some new trails. #mtb<\/p>\n

@browndist\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0via Twitter<\/strong><\/span>
\nWe are so proud to support the Livestrong @Texas4000 riders this year! Best wishes on your ride guys! #LivingLifeToTheUltra<\/p>\n

June Newsletter Published<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nwww.doubledates.com
\nThe June edition of the DATES-Line Newsletter is published and available for download<\/p>\n

El Paso Bicycle Club Ride<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nSunday, June 17
\nFather’s Day Brunch Ride-7:30 am
\nMeet at Ardovino’s Desert Crossing (park in lower lot). Ride out McNutt\/Hwy 28 to La Union. Climb Artcraft and return via Airport Rd. 35 miles, moderate pace. Option for Border Crossing (10 more miles). Brunch afterwards at Ardovino’s Desert Crossing. …<\/p>\n

June’s edition of the The Pedaler<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nSan Antonio Wheelmen
\nAs usual, the month of May was a great month for getting outside and enjoying a bike ride.\u00c2\u00a0 I love being able to ride from my house at 6:45 AM for a 45-minute or 1-hour ride before work.\u00c2\u00a0 There were plenty of charity rides and we also had some great weekend rides.\u00c2\u00a0 On Memorial Day, we had about 10 riders do the new 52-mile route from…<\/p>\n

Bike Month Wrapup<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Steve A\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Dallas Point-to-Point
\nI had fun this bike month. Like most any other month of commuting by bike. However, I did,set a minor milestone that advocates might point out as a measure of how bike month is working for all of us.
\nChecking my log records, I noticed that I commuted more times this May than ever before. I rode to work 22 times in May, eclipsing the previous high of 21 times in May 2011. Bike commuting is UP! By my…<\/p>\n

Upcoming Summer Centuries in West Houston<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBike Brookshire
\nSummer 2012 rides:
\nJune 3, 2012 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Fayetteville Good Ole Summertime Classic \u00e2\u20ac\u201c starts at Fayetteville Town Square
\nJuly 22, 2012 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Katy Flatland Century \u00e2\u20ac\u201c starts at the Rhodes Stadium in Katy
\nSept. 16, 2012 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Tour De Pink – Prairie View A&M
\nSept. 22, 2012 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Tour De Cure \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Champion Nissan Katy<\/p>\n

Bicycle parts needed for MetroRail bike shelter sculpture<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Pam LeBlanc\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Fit City
\nWant your bicycle parts immortalized in art?
\n\"\"
\nBarry George, an Austin artist who specializes in found objects, is whipping a pile of old bike parts into a work of art that will be displayed at a new bicycle shelter at the Kramer MetroRail station.<\/p>\n

The shelter is designed as a place for cyclists to stow their bikes securely instead of lugging them onto trains. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s under construction now and…<\/p>\n

2,624 miles for Ashley<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Chris Sokoloski\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.gtowntimes.com
\nJames and Sonja Brown left June 1 for a cross-country car trip to California.
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\nOn the way they plan to stop at the Grand Canyon and Painted Desert, Ariz.<\/p>\n

After they reach Huntington Beach, Calif., on June 5, James, 52, will hop on his bicycle on June 6 and ride the 2,624 miles back to their…<\/p>\n

Urban forester pedals for tree research dollars<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\ntoday.agrilife.org
\nMcALLEN\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c\u00c2\u00a0 Salvador Alemany commutes from his home in McAllen to his office in Weslaco and back.
\n\"\"
\nNot a big deal, but Alemany does it on a bicycle. And he takes the long way home, pedaling some 60 miles per day, four days a week.<\/p>\n

He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been doing it for three years, ever since he began his job at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Weslaco as an urban forester with the Texas Forest Service.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I do it for several reasons,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Alemany, a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153First, because we only had one car and my…<\/p>\n

Q-C cyclist tackles 4,500-mile ride for cancer research<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Deirdre Cox Baker\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0qctimes.com
\n\"\"
\nWhen Nick De La Cruz was at Davenport Central High School, he helped found the Marshall Maniacs, a crew of students who enthusiastically support the Blue Devils basketball teams.<\/p>\n

As a May graduate of the University of Texas, De La Cruz will, beginning tomorrow, bike 4,500 miles from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the seventh year of the Texas 4000 for Cancer event, and De La Cruz is front and center as part of the program.<\/p>\n

Founded in 2004, the Texas 4000 is comprised of university students who tackle the longest annual charity bike ride in the world. Along the route \u00e2\u20ac\u201d which winds among nine states and two…<\/p>\n

Local man to cycle 2,147 miles for father<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Monica S. Nagy\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.aggiesports.com
\n\"\"
\nBefore Chris Hunter’s father succumbed to pancreatic cancer in 2009, he repeatedly asked his son to do something to rid the world of the often-fatal disease. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153My dad asked me several times \u00e2\u20ac\u201d it’s a heavy thing,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hunter said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153God pushed me toward this. My dad pushed me toward this.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Three years later, Hunter will fulfill his father’s request by hopping on his GT Series 4 road bicycle at 8 a.m. Saturday and making a monthlong trek to raise money for cancer research. One hundred percent of the donations will go to Lance Armstrong’s LIVESTRONG, Johns Hopkins, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and…<\/p>\n

700 bicyclists estimated for SPIN fundraiser on Saturday; no road closures expected<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Julie Chang\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.beaumontenterprise.com
\nAn estimated 700 bike riders are set to hit the streets of Beaumont for the 7th annual Spindletop SPIN fundraiser.
\n\"\"
\nNo road closures are expected, but SPIN organizers say that drivers should expect to see lanes sequestered off for riders.<\/p>\n

The race starts as early as 7 a.m. and the majority of riders finish up by early afternoon, according to organizers. “It’s the most riders we’ve ever had,” said Bonnie Dean of the Jefferson County Bar Association, which…<\/p>\n

Think Your Commute is Bad? Texas Cyclists Heading to Alaska and Back<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nBy Kelly Connelly\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0www.kutnews.org
\nA group of students called Texas 4000 will embark tomorrow from Austin on the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s longest annual charity bike ride \u00e2\u20ac\u201c all the way to Anchorage, Alaska.
\n\"\"
\nRiders from the community can join the group on the first leg of their 4,687 mile journey this Saturday morning. They leave from Running Brushy Middle School in Cedar Park at 8 a.m. There are several other events leading up to the kick-off that provide opportunities for the community to interact with the riders. This is the group\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ninth year to make the ride. To date the organization has raised more than $3 million for the…<\/p>\n

Dove Creek<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nby Roy and Christine\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0Pedal Pushers
\nMemorial Day Ride
\n\"\"
\nLiz Rappe’ was not available so we broke from the tradition of riding from her house and then returning for a picnic, swimming in the river, and kayaking. Instead, Jerry and Cindy Middleton invited us to go on a ride through the Dove Creek subdivision close to their house. Lined up for the ride are: Beth (who joined us from Austin), David and Donna Durbin, Jack Hyde, Rick Ogan, Robbie Wilson, Jerry and Cindy Middleton, and Roy Jones. Christine volunteered to take the group shot. …<\/p>\n

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